Shannon Slaton designed the tours for Aeros, Kiss Me Kate, The Full Monty, Hairspray, Sweeney Todd, and The Wizard of Oz. His Broadway mixing experience includes A Christmas Carol, Jersey Boys, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Drowsy, and Legally Blonde. He is also the Production Soundman for The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway and the U.S. National tour.

In this guide to live sound mixing for theatre, Shannon shares his expert knowledge and proven, effective techniques acquired from years of experience working on Broadway shows.

Written in a clear and easy to read style and illustrated with real world examples of personal experience and professional interviews, Shannon shows you how to mix live theatre shows from the basics of equipment, set ups, and using sound levels to creating atmosphere, emotion and tension to ensure a first rate performance every time.

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stephanie mccullough said on Sep 19, 2011 at 2:37 PM

i would love to see nirvana – smells like teen spirit as a musical because u could imagine the stage and atmusphere, Nirvana is part of rock’s history, and deserves to be remembered from generation to generation.

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